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Posted on : April 28, 2008
Patience–develop it and hold on to it!
	Recently I read in a magazine that “Patience is like a muscle. If you don’t use it , it wastes away.” That assumes that we have patience at the start, but do we really? This past year I have had to develop the patience muscle–and I have found it to be so small!! I have [...] ...»

what does competition do for you?
	There is some aspect of competition that is good–it keeps us on our toes, it makes us strive to be better, and it keeps us honest insofar as it requires us to compare ourselves to others and not live in splendid isolation. And yet competition as we live it in our American lives goes to [...] ...»

Challenging oneself to get out of the comfort zone
	I am not an artist. I had my first artistic crisis in first grade when the teacher said that the picturesI had drawn of my family were not realistic because they were wrongly proportioned. All the people in the pictures had really really long legs. Now that I know more about the world, I know [...] ...»

Change–it is not in our control!
	Think about change–envision it as waves that come to shore. Think of yourself standing on the shore. Some of the waves are big, some of them are barely ripples on the water. They coming onto the shore relentlessly, continuously…. It is a fact–we cannot control the waves. Sometimes, if we are lucky, we can move [...] ...»

New Year, Old Self
	The first working Monday of a new year and a new decade. Forgive me for not asking you about your new year resolutions–personally, I think I woke up on January 1st being my jolly old self of the year before and it’s been a long time since I have made New Year’s resolutions. Change happens [...] ...»

The power of women
	This week I was reminded of the power of women–collectively and as individuals. I had the opportunity to attend the Texas Women’s Conference, where 5000 Texan women gathered to hear many speakers. For me, the highlight of the conference was a speech by Ms. Isabel Allende. She reminded us to pursue joy and pleasure in [...] ...»

The importance of connecting
	I am just back from an amazing experience talking to over 20 smart Wellesley students about networking (and I don’t mean the kind that requires hardware!) I sometimes wonder if “networking” has not gotten a dirty reputation–if it has been cheapened by people who use it as a superficial way to get what is in [...] ...»

Happiness tips
	Recently I was coaching a group of clients on the phone. One of the assignments to one of the people was to stop during the day and breathe. Another assignment was to give herself a pat on the back. I recently heard from the client that these small steps were making her feel less stressed [...] ...»

Not taking oneself too seriously
	Sometimes I think the secret to enjoying life is not to take myself too seriously.Â Â Â This is not something that comes naturally to most of us–I don’t know at what stage of our life we lose our ability to be playful and to see how whimsical life can be.Â Â Surely, transitions from childhood to adulthood [...] ...»

How will you be mindful this week?
	This weekend I went to a class on mindfulness–Â defined on Wikipedia as calm awareness of one’s body functions, feelings, content of consciousness, or consciousness itself. Â I will add that mindfulness brings about a noticing of our own thoughts and emotions, Â which is essential if we want to bring change of any kind into our lives. [...] ...»

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